00796 Anesthesia iper upper abdominal lvr transplant
Also known as: liver transplant anesthesia, OLT anesthesia
Anesthesia for intraperitoneal procedures in the upper abdomen involving liver transplant. Covers general anesthesia for orthotopic or living-donor liver transplantation, one of the most complex anesthetic procedures.
Clinical Context
Used when providing anesthesia for liver transplantation, both donor and recipient procedures. Requires management of end-stage liver disease, coagulopathy, hemodynamic instability, metabolic derangements during anhepatic phase, and reperfusion syndrome. Typically 8-12+ hour procedure.
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